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In a recent interview with Billboard where the Chicago rapper was profiled as one of 31 female MCs to change the game, Shawnna expressed her desire to see female rappers break the stereotype and start working with each other more. "At this point in time, in hip-hop, the list goes and on and on with successful male hip-hop artists but you can count the successful female hip-hop artists with on

HBO hired 10 hip-hop and latin-music artists to rap about the popular TV series Game of Thrones. With the increase popularity of Hip-Hop and it's huge influence on pop culture, the network believes that these artists will increase their popularity and encourage more rap fans to watch the show. The...

Beats Music bought Topspin Media this week, according to a report at Billboard. The acquisition, terms of which were not released, doesn't come as much of a surprise; Beats Music's CEO Ian Rogers had served as CEO of Topspin from 2008 until January 2013, when he moved to Beats...

10.Deep and Timberland have collaborated on a joint venture and the 10.Deep x Timberland Euro Hiker "Nomads" pack is the result of their efforts. The brands have come together following 10.Deep's "Internationally Known" collection for Spring 2014 with two pairs of premium suede "Nomads" Timberland Euro Hiker boots...

Last month, Ross and Jeezy made headlines by squashing their past beef and linking up for "War Ready," a cut off his recently released album Mastermind. Now Rozay reveals that the two superstars made another track that should be coming out soon...

Kid Cudi stopped by Chelsea Lately last night for an interview that wasn't with Chelsea Handler. He discussed making music for the last 15 years, his foray into the business and how "Day N Nite" was created while he worked a security job with his producer Dot da Genius when he first moved to NYC. Watch...

New Orleans veteran Turk is attempting to keep his name buzzing with new music. The former Hot Boy drops Reflamed, which finds him rapping alongside names like Trae Tha Truth, Project Pat, Rich Homie Quan and plenty more. The 20-track effort should keep you occupied until the next one...

Celebrating the 20th anniversary of the Reebok Instapump Fury, Reebok joins forces with Packer Shoes and legendary street artist Stash on a commemorative sneaker. Using his signature palette of Stash blues, the graffiti artist paints over the suede and synthetic upper...

The Elixir Media Group has partnered up with the J Dilla Foundation to host "NY Loves Dilla," first-ever official J Dilla tribute concert in the Big Apple. The ceremony will be headlined by Brooklyn MC Talib Kweli. Jarobi of A Tribe Called Quest enlisted to host “NY Loves Dilla.” The...

Riff Raff took to his Twitter account and revealed the official release date for his upcoming album. Neon Icon finally drops Apr. 29. NEON iCON ALBUM DROPPiNG APRiL 29 http://t.co/eYyMLGC2xW — THE NEON iCON (@JODYHiGHROLLER) March 4, 2014  

With all respect to Eminem and Danny Brown, Boldy James might just be the realest Detroit rapper out right now. The buzzing lyricist made national waves with his Alchemist-produced indie album My 1st Chemistry Set in October, and today he returns with the video for "What's The Word" off that project. The...

Papoose is promised to deliver a new mixtape every month. Keeping his word, the BK spitter comes through with Cigar Society. The short tape features Raekwon, Loaded Lux, Prodigy and more. You can stream and download via Datpiff below...